Near Miss of the Day 416: HGV driver powers past cyclist despite oncoming van – police take very swift action

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Today’s near miss has so many familiar features it almost feels like an archetype. An HGV driver – so a professional driver – sees fit to overtake a cyclist far too closely, at significant speed, despite the presence of an oncoming van.

The driver doesn’t allow much room to start off with and appears from the footage to be pulling in to avoid the John Lewis van before having passed the cyclist.

The incident occurred on the A403 near Aust, heading north, at around 5.10pm yesterday.

Nick, the cyclist who experienced the close pass, reported it to Avon and Somerset Police that day and this is where the story starts to differ from so many of the near misses we’ve covered in this feature.

Nick received a response from the force this morning, advising him that action had already been taken.

He was informed: “Thank you for taking the time to upload your footage which has now been processed (a warning letter or a fixed penalty or a prosecution has been issued). Thank you for helping to keep our roads safe.�
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